Sunday, February 17, 2019

Time Travel Sunday: A Year Ago Today Jon Calestine Wins EBI 15

We didn't know it at the time, but this would be the last of men's pure submission grappling rules for EBI. After the following women's EBI, the men's EBI is now combat JiuJitsu.

I train under Jon and Matt Kaplan at Bancho MMA in Brooklyn. Matt and Jon are both black belts under Renzo Gracie black belt, Daisuke Yamaji.

At any rate, only those who followed submission grappling and the events like Sapateiro, Finishers et cetera knew who he was, and here we are a year later and the landscape of men's submission grappling is rapidly changing. There's more cash/pro events than ever before.

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